EP0783863A2 - Vacuum cleaner with all components in floor travelling head - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner and, more particularly, to a floor travelling head with all working components of the vacuum cleaner located therein.
- U.S . Patent No. 2,618,007 discloses a vacuum cleaner with a rotatable brush, a motor and fan unit, and a dust collection bag all located in a floor traversing nozzle and a handle pivotably connected to the nozzle.
- U.S. Patent No. 2,592,710 discloses a vacuum cleaner with two electric motors; one for the fan and one for the brush. Use of a rechargeable battery in a hand-held vacuum cleaner is also known.
- the following patents also relate to vacuum cleaner heads: U.S. Patent No. 2,272,814 U.S. Patent No. 2,330,621 U.S. Patent No. 2,375,331 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,418 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,417 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,419 U.S. Patent No. 2,475,808 U.S. Patent No. Patent No. 2,482,166 U.S. Patent No. 2,648,396 U.S. Patent No. 3, 040,366
- a removable filter is also mounted in the travelling head.
- the rotatable brush is positioned forwardly of and separated from the suction inlet of the cleaner formed in the head.
- the invention provides a vacuum cleaner having a floor travelling head and an elongated handle connected to the floor travelling head, the floor travelling head comprising:
- FIG. 1 there is shown a perspective view of a vacuum cleaner 10 incorporating features of the present invention.
- a vacuum cleaner 10 incorporating features of the present invention.
- the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be incorporated into various different types of alternate embodiments.
- any suitable size, shape or type of elements or materials could be used.
- the vacuum cleaner 10 generally comprises a handle 12 and a floor travelling head or unit 14. It should be noted, however, that features of the present invention could be incorporated into any suitably shaped or configured vacuum cleaner.
- the handle 12 is preferably made of plastic or polymer material and is pivotably connected to the head 14 at pivot location 16.
- the head 14 generally comprises a housing 18, a primary fan motor 20, a secondary brush motor 22, batteries 24, an impeller or fan 26, and a collection unit or assembly 28.
- the housing 18 is preferably made of plastic and has wheels or rollers 30 connected to its bottom (see Figure 3A).
- the housing 18 preferably comprises two general clamshell housing members; a top member 18b and a bottom housing member 18a. The two housing members are connected to each other to enclose the motors, batteries and impeller therebetween and form substantially the entirety of the housing 18.
- the primary motor 20 is fixedly connected to the housing 18 and has a drive shaft 32 extending from its front.
- the impeller 26 is connected to the drive shaft 32.
- the housing 18 has air exit slots 34 in its top surface, as seen in Figure 1, to allow air, which is moved by the impeller 26, to exit the housing 18.
- the vacuum cleaner 10 has a diffuser or air direction shell 36 that is connected to the housing 18.
- the air direction shell 36 surrounds the impeller 26.
- the air direction shell 36 is moulded integrally with top and bottom housing members 18a, 18b that form the housing 18.
- the air direction shell could be a separate member that is mounted inside the housing.
- the shell 36 has a general expanding spiral shape and includes an inlet portion 38.
- the venturi or inlet portion 38 has a general funnel shape.
- the impeller 26 is a centrifuge fan blade. Air entering through the inlet portion 38 is pushed outward into the air direction shell 36 and out of the air exit slots 34.
- the second motor 22 is connected to the housing 18 in a front part of the housing.
- the second motor 22 is connected to a rotatable brush 40 at the front of the housing by a transmission belt (not shown).
- the transmission belt (not shown) operably connects the motor 22 to the brush 40 by being mounted on the two drive sections or pulleys 42, 44. When the second motor turns the drive section 42, the transmission belt is moved.
- the transmission belt turns the drive section 44 which, in turn, rotates the brush 40.
- any suitable type of brush drive system could be provided. Alternatively, the rotating brush need not be provided.
- the brush 40 is rotatably connected to the housing 18 in a pocket 46.
- the pocket 46 is totally enclosed except for an opening 48 at the bottom of the pocket 46.
- An end of the brush 40 extends through an opening in a lateral side of the pocket 46.
- the bristles of the brush 40 extend out of the bottom opening 48 and past the bottom of the housing 18.
- the batteries 24 comprise six rechargeable batteries. However, features of the present invention could also be used in a vacuum cleaner that is not battery powered.
- the batteries 24 are fixedly connected to the housing 18 below and on opposite sides of the first motor 20. Because the batteries are rechargeable, the vacuum cleaner also has an electrical socket 58, for connection to a recharger, and a printed circuit board 60 connecting the socket 58 to the batteries 24.
- the batteries 24 are electrically connected to the two motors 20, 22 by a three position switch 50.
- the switch 50 has a first OFF position and two ON positions. The two ON positions include a first ON position wherein only the first motor 20 is supplied with electrically and a second ON position wherein both motors 20, 22 are supplied with electricity.
- the switch 50 has an actuation plunger 52.
- a spring biased foot pedal 54 Pivotably mounted at the rear of the housing 18 is a spring biased foot pedal 54.
- the foot pedal 54 is mounted by pivot section 55 to the housing.
- the foot pedal 54 has a section 56 that is located to depress the actuation plunger 52 when the foot pedal 54 is depressed.
- any suitable type of control mechanism could be provided.
- a suction inlet 62 is located behind the pocket 46.
- the inlet 62 is separated from the pocket 46 by a wall 64 as seen in the bottom plan view of Figure 3A.
- the inlet 62 has a first lower section 66 and a second upper section 68.
- the two sections 66, 68 have a relatively narrow length A from front to back as seen in Figure 2.
- the lower section 66 has a wide bottom aperture 70 that extends across almost the entire width of the housing 18.
- the top walls 67 of the lower section 66 tapers downwardly as they extend laterally outwardly from the upper section 68.
- the front wall 74 of the lower section 66 is straight.
- the rear wall of the lower section 66 has sections 76 that taper towards the front wall 74 as they approach the lateral sides of unit 14.
- the upper section 68 has an aperture 72 at its top for air and debris to travel into the collection unit 28.
- the housing 18 has a hole 78 that extends into its top surface for removably receiving the collection unit 28.
- the hole 78 has a general rectangular block shape. As seen in Figure 3, the hole 78 has two front corners 80 and two rear corners 82. The front corners 80 have a larger radius of curvature than the rear corners 82 for keying purposes as described below.
- the aperture 72 from the suction inlet 62 opens into the front of the hole 78.
- the rear wall 86 of the hole 78 also has an aperture 84 that has the front of the inlet portion 38 thereat.
- the collecting unit 28 generally comprises a frame 88, a filter element 89 and a cover 90.
- the frame 88 is a one-piece moulded plastic or polymer member.
- the frame 88 has a front wall 92 with an entrance or inlet aperture 94, a generally open rear end 96, two side walls 98 with notches 100, a bottom wall 101, and a top wall 102.
- the frame 88 forms a cup-like shape with a debris receiving area 104 therein. Attached to the frame 88, inside the receiving area 104, is a movable flap 106.
- the flap 106 is connected to the front wall 92 above the entrance 94.
- the flap 106 hangs down over the entrance 94 to retain debris in the receiving area 104.
- the top wall 102 has an integral handle 108 moulded therein.
- the top wall 102 is angled to match the angle of the top surface of the housing 18 and forms a portion of the top surface of the unit 14 as seen in Figure 1.
- the notches 100 in the side walls 98 are provided to interact with cantilevered snap-lock latches 110 (see Figure 2) (only one of which is shown) located in the side walls of the hole 78 of the housing 18.
- the latches 110 lock the unit 28 in the hole 78.
- the latches 110 can deflect outward when sufficient upward force is exerted on the handle 108 by the user to thereby allow the unit 28 to be removed from the housing 18.
- Front corners 114 of the frame 88 are suitably sized and shaped to mate with the front corners 80 of the hole 78. Similar to the hole 78, the rear corners 116 of the unit 28 have a smaller radius of curvature than the front corners 114. The rear corners 116 are suitably sized and shaped to mate with the rear corners 82 of the hole 78. The different corners function as a keying system to prevent the generally block shaped unit 28 from being inserted in the hole in a reverse position.
- the rear end 96 of the frame 88 has a mounting flange 112.
- the flange 112 surrounds the entire rear end 96.
- the flange 112 is provided to allow the cover 90 to be mounted to the frame 88.
- the cover 90 is made of a resilient polymer material and has a general planar shape.
- the cover has a perimeter mount 113 with a mounting flange receiving slot 118 that receives the flange 112 therein and frictionally connects the cover 90 to the frame 88.
- the flange 112 has a general rectangular shape and the slot 118 has a mating rectangular shape.
- the cover 90 has a flat rear wall 122 with a single aperture 120 therethrough.
- the cover also has four spacing ribs 124 that extend from the rear wall 122 a short distance.
- spacing ribs 124 extend radially from the aperture 120.
- the filter element 89 is a single sheet of material that allows air to pass through it, but blocks dust and debris from passing through it.
- the filter element 89 is permanently connected to the cover 90, such as by adhesive or by welding. More specifically the perimeter of the filter element 89 is attached to the edge of the perimeter mount 113 and is also attached to the ends of the spacing ribs 124. Thus, an open space or gap 126 is established between the filter element and the rear wall 122 of the cover. Air can travel through the filter element 89 at any location (other than at connection points to the cover) into the gap 126. Once the air is in the gap 126 it can travel through the gap to the aperture 120 and out of the collection unit 28. This provides a wide area for filtering.
- the filter 89 is removed with it for easy cleaning. Because the entire rear end of the frame is opened when cover 90 is removed, dumping the dust, dirt and debris from the collection unit is simple and the inside of the frame is easy to clean.
- the aperture 120 is aligned with the inlet portion 38 of the shell or diffuser 36 that surrounds the impeller 26. The aperture 120 is offset from the centre of the cover 90 to properly align with the inlet portion 38.
- the upper corners 128 of the flange 112 and slot 118 have a sharp turn or radius of curvature and the lower corners 130 have a less sharp turn or radius of curvature. If the cover 90 is attempted to be connected to the frame 88 in a flipped orientation, the mismatched shapes of the intended mating corners will prevent connection in this wrong orientation. Thus, the shapes of the corners 128, 130 function as a keying means for proper connection. In an alternate embodiment, any suitable type of system could be used to connect the cover of the frame.
- the filter element 89 is washable. Thus, after a user removes the cover 90 to dump material from inside the unit 28, the user can wash the cover 90 to clean the filter element 89.
- the switch 50 In operation, when a user presses the foot pedal 54 the switch 50 is actuated to turn the primary motor ON, but does not turn the brush motor 22 ON; such as for bare floors or to conserve battery power of the batteries. If the foot pedal 54 is pressed again, the switch keeps the primary motor 20 ON and also turns the second motor 22 ON. Pressing the foot pedal 54 again turns both motors OFF.
- the impeller 26 is revolved when the primary motor 20 is ON. This causes air and dust, dirt or debris to be sucked into the suction inlet 62 at the bottom of the unit. The air and entrained material travel through the inlet and into the collection unit 28. The air flow caused by the impeller 26 through the entrance 94 of the collection unit causes the flap 106 to move back.
- the large size of the received area 104 of the collection unit causes air velocity in the receiving area to be smaller than at the entrance 94. This allows the entrained dirt, dust and debris to fall into the receiving area 104.
- the gap 126 between the filter element 89 and rear wall 122 of the cover 90 helps to slow down the air velocity in the receiving area 104 by distributing the vacuum pull across substantially the entire surface area of the filter. Air that travels through the aperture 120 is pushed by the impeller 26 out of the housing 18 at the slots 34 in the top surface.
- the vacuum cleaner 10 overcomes this problem by the unique configuration of the housing 18 at the suction inlet 62 and at the brush 40. More specifically, the brush 40 and its pocket 46 are separated from the inlet 62 by the wall 64. This helps to keep the area of the inlet at the lower section 70 small. Thus, the vacuum pressure created by the impeller is concentrated at a small area at the bottom of the unit 14.
- the vacuum cleaner 10 is able to provide good suction at the bottom of the suction inlet 62 with a relatively small motor and impeller and, also provides a motor driven rotating brush that does not significantly effect suction at the suction inlet.
- the brush 40 functions as an agitator. It does not propel dust, dirt or debris directly into the inlet 62. Rather, the brush propels material into the area below the inlet 62.
- the rotating brush was located at or connected with the suction inlet which greatly increased the size of the area of the suction inlet. This, in turn, distributed the vacuum pull over a large area and reduced its effect.
- the small inlet 62 with the separate and spaced pocket 46 for the brush 40 overcomes this problem.
- the floor travelling head 14, in the embodiment shown, contains all of the working components of the vacuum cleaner 10 in a relatively compact footprint of about 21 cm by 27.5 cm (8.5 by 11 inches). This provides a lower centre of gravity and allows the head 14 to be less cumbersome to use. It also provides a short distance for debris to travel from the suction inlet into the collection unit 28. This results in less power consumption, longer running time and an overall more efficient system in view of the power being used in relation to vacuuming efficiency.
- the vacuum cleaner 200 is similar to the vacuum cleaner 10. However, the vacuum cleaner 200 has two removable rechargeable batteries 202.
- the handle 204 has an area 206 at its bottom rear with two holes 208 and a battery terminal 210.
- the holes 208 are suitably sized and shaped to slidingly receive the batteries 202.
- the batteries can be removably inserted into engagement with the terminal 210 which act as spring clips.
- the batteries can be removed from the vacuum cleaner 200 for recharging in a separate battery recharger station (not shown).
- the terminal 210 is connected to the switch 50 by a wire 212.
- the switch 50 similar to the vacuum cleaner 10, is capable of supplying electricity to the primary motor 20 and the brush motor.
- the batteries 202 are VERSAPAK batteries sold by Black & Decker (US) Inc.
- VERSAPAK is a trademark of The Black & Decker Corporation of Towson, Maryland.
- any suitable type of removable rechargeable batteries could be used. This embodiment allows new recharged batteries to easily replace weak batteries very quickly such that the user does not need to wait for batteries to be recharged to use the vacuum cleaner once the in-place batteries become weak.
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- The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner and, more particularly, to a floor travelling head with all working components of the vacuum cleaner located therein.
- U.S . Patent No. 2,618,007 discloses a vacuum cleaner with a rotatable brush, a motor and fan unit, and a dust collection bag all located in a floor traversing nozzle and a handle pivotably connected to the nozzle. U.S. Patent No. 2,592,710 discloses a vacuum cleaner with two electric motors; one for the fan and one for the brush. Use of a rechargeable battery in a hand-held vacuum cleaner is also known. The following patents also relate to vacuum cleaner heads:
U.S. Patent No. 2,272,814 U.S. Patent No. 2,330,621 U.S. Patent No. 2,375,331 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,418 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,417 U.S. Patent No. 2,416,419 U.S. Patent No. 2,475,808 U.S. Patent No. 2,482,166 U.S. Patent No. 2,648,396 U.S. Patent No. 3, 040,366 - It is an object of this invention to manufacture a high performance, battery powered vacuum cleaner having a motor, an impeller and a rotatable brush mounted in the floor travelling head. A removable filter is also mounted in the travelling head. The rotatable brush is positioned forwardly of and separated from the suction inlet of the cleaner formed in the head.
- The invention provides a vacuum cleaner having a floor travelling head and an elongated handle connected to the floor travelling head, the floor travelling head comprising:
- a housing having the handle pivotably connected thereto;
- a vacuum and collection system located in the housing, the system including a motor, an impeller, and a collection unit; and
- a rotatable brush mounted within the housing;
- An embodiment of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vacuum cleaner incorporating features of the present invention;
- Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the floor traversing unit of the vacuum cleaner shown in Figure 1 taken along line 2-2;
- Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the unit shown in Figure 2 taken along line 3-3;
- Figure 3A is a bottom plan view of the vacuum cleaner shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the unit shown in Figure 3 taken along line 4-4;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of the collection unit used in the vacuum cleaner shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 6 is a cross sectional view of the collection unit shown in Figure 5 take along line 6-6;
- Figure 7 is an enlarged view of
area 7 shown in Figure 6; - Figure 8 is an elevational rear view of the collection unit shown in Figure 5; and
- Figure 9 is a partial rear and side perspective view of an an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
- Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a perspective view of a
vacuum cleaner 10 incorporating features of the present invention. Although the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be incorporated into various different types of alternate embodiments. In addition, any suitable size, shape or type of elements or materials could be used. - The
vacuum cleaner 10 generally comprises ahandle 12 and a floor travelling head orunit 14. It should be noted, however, that features of the present invention could be incorporated into any suitably shaped or configured vacuum cleaner. In the embodiment shown, thehandle 12 is preferably made of plastic or polymer material and is pivotably connected to thehead 14 atpivot location 16. Referring also to Figures 2 and 3, thehead 14 generally comprises ahousing 18, aprimary fan motor 20, asecondary brush motor 22,batteries 24, an impeller orfan 26, and a collection unit orassembly 28. Thehousing 18 is preferably made of plastic and has wheels orrollers 30 connected to its bottom (see Figure 3A). Thehousing 18 preferably comprises two general clamshell housing members; atop member 18b and abottom housing member 18a. The two housing members are connected to each other to enclose the motors, batteries and impeller therebetween and form substantially the entirety of thehousing 18. Theprimary motor 20 is fixedly connected to thehousing 18 and has adrive shaft 32 extending from its front. - The
impeller 26 is connected to thedrive shaft 32. Thehousing 18 hasair exit slots 34 in its top surface, as seen in Figure 1, to allow air, which is moved by theimpeller 26, to exit thehousing 18. Thevacuum cleaner 10 has a diffuser orair direction shell 36 that is connected to thehousing 18. Theair direction shell 36 surrounds theimpeller 26. In a preferred embodiment theair direction shell 36 is moulded integrally with top andbottom housing members housing 18. The air direction shell could be a separate member that is mounted inside the housing. Theshell 36 has a general expanding spiral shape and includes aninlet portion 38. The venturi orinlet portion 38 has a general funnel shape. Theimpeller 26 is a centrifuge fan blade. Air entering through theinlet portion 38 is pushed outward into theair direction shell 36 and out of theair exit slots 34. - The
second motor 22 is connected to thehousing 18 in a front part of the housing. Thesecond motor 22 is connected to arotatable brush 40 at the front of the housing by a transmission belt (not shown). The transmission belt (not shown) operably connects themotor 22 to thebrush 40 by being mounted on the two drive sections orpulleys drive section 42, the transmission belt is moved. The transmission belt turns thedrive section 44 which, in turn, rotates thebrush 40. However, any suitable type of brush drive system could be provided. Alternatively, the rotating brush need not be provided. Thebrush 40 is rotatably connected to thehousing 18 in apocket 46. Thepocket 46 is totally enclosed except for anopening 48 at the bottom of thepocket 46. An end of thebrush 40 extends through an opening in a lateral side of thepocket 46. The bristles of thebrush 40 extend out of thebottom opening 48 and past the bottom of thehousing 18. - The
batteries 24 comprise six rechargeable batteries. However, features of the present invention could also be used in a vacuum cleaner that is not battery powered. Thebatteries 24 are fixedly connected to thehousing 18 below and on opposite sides of thefirst motor 20. Because the batteries are rechargeable, the vacuum cleaner also has anelectrical socket 58, for connection to a recharger, and a printedcircuit board 60 connecting thesocket 58 to thebatteries 24. Thebatteries 24 are electrically connected to the twomotors position switch 50. Theswitch 50 has a first OFF position and two ON positions. The two ON positions include a first ON position wherein only thefirst motor 20 is supplied with electrically and a second ON position wherein bothmotors switch 50 has anactuation plunger 52. Pivotably mounted at the rear of thehousing 18 is a springbiased foot pedal 54. Thefoot pedal 54 is mounted bypivot section 55 to the housing. Thefoot pedal 54 has asection 56 that is located to depress theactuation plunger 52 when thefoot pedal 54 is depressed. However, any suitable type of control mechanism could be provided. - Referring also to Figure 4, a
suction inlet 62 is located behind thepocket 46. Theinlet 62 is separated from thepocket 46 by awall 64 as seen in the bottom plan view of Figure 3A. Theinlet 62 has a firstlower section 66 and a secondupper section 68. The twosections lower section 66 has a widebottom aperture 70 that extends across almost the entire width of thehousing 18. As seen in Figure 4, thetop walls 67 of thelower section 66 tapers downwardly as they extend laterally outwardly from theupper section 68. As seen in Figure 3A, thefront wall 74 of thelower section 66 is straight. However, the rear wall of thelower section 66 hassections 76 that taper towards thefront wall 74 as they approach the lateral sides ofunit 14. Theupper section 68 has anaperture 72 at its top for air and debris to travel into thecollection unit 28. - The
housing 18 has ahole 78 that extends into its top surface for removably receiving thecollection unit 28. Thehole 78 has a general rectangular block shape. As seen in Figure 3, thehole 78 has twofront corners 80 and tworear corners 82. Thefront corners 80 have a larger radius of curvature than therear corners 82 for keying purposes as described below. Theaperture 72 from thesuction inlet 62 opens into the front of thehole 78. As seen best in Figure 2, therear wall 86 of thehole 78 also has anaperture 84 that has the front of theinlet portion 38 thereat. - Referring also to Figures 5-8, the
collection unit 28 is shown. The collectingunit 28 generally comprises aframe 88, afilter element 89 and acover 90. In the embodiment shown, theframe 88 is a one-piece moulded plastic or polymer member. Theframe 88 has afront wall 92 with an entrance orinlet aperture 94, a generally openrear end 96, twoside walls 98 withnotches 100, abottom wall 101, and atop wall 102. Theframe 88 forms a cup-like shape with adebris receiving area 104 therein. Attached to theframe 88, inside the receivingarea 104, is amovable flap 106. Theflap 106 is connected to thefront wall 92 above theentrance 94. Theflap 106 hangs down over theentrance 94 to retain debris in the receivingarea 104. Thetop wall 102 has anintegral handle 108 moulded therein. Thetop wall 102 is angled to match the angle of the top surface of thehousing 18 and forms a portion of the top surface of theunit 14 as seen in Figure 1. Thenotches 100 in theside walls 98 are provided to interact with cantilevered snap-lock latches 110 (see Figure 2) (only one of which is shown) located in the side walls of thehole 78 of thehousing 18. Thelatches 110 lock theunit 28 in thehole 78. However, thelatches 110 can deflect outward when sufficient upward force is exerted on thehandle 108 by the user to thereby allow theunit 28 to be removed from thehousing 18.Front corners 114 of theframe 88 are suitably sized and shaped to mate with thefront corners 80 of thehole 78. Similar to thehole 78, therear corners 116 of theunit 28 have a smaller radius of curvature than thefront corners 114. Therear corners 116 are suitably sized and shaped to mate with therear corners 82 of thehole 78. The different corners function as a keying system to prevent the generally block shapedunit 28 from being inserted in the hole in a reverse position. - The
rear end 96 of theframe 88 has a mountingflange 112. Theflange 112 surrounds the entirerear end 96. Theflange 112 is provided to allow thecover 90 to be mounted to theframe 88. Thecover 90 is made of a resilient polymer material and has a general planar shape. The cover has aperimeter mount 113 with a mountingflange receiving slot 118 that receives theflange 112 therein and frictionally connects thecover 90 to theframe 88. Theflange 112 has a general rectangular shape and theslot 118 has a mating rectangular shape. Thecover 90 has a flatrear wall 122 with asingle aperture 120 therethrough. The cover also has fourspacing ribs 124 that extend from the rear wall 122 a short distance. In an alternate embodiment, more or less than four spacing ribs could be provided. Thespacing ribs 124 extend radially from theaperture 120. When thecover 90 is mounted to theframe 88 it forms an air tight seal between the mountingflange 112 and theperimeter mount 113. Thus, theaperture 120 is the only passage from inside theunit 28 through thecover 90. - The
filter element 89 is a single sheet of material that allows air to pass through it, but blocks dust and debris from passing through it. Thefilter element 89 is permanently connected to thecover 90, such as by adhesive or by welding. More specifically the perimeter of thefilter element 89 is attached to the edge of theperimeter mount 113 and is also attached to the ends of thespacing ribs 124. Thus, an open space orgap 126 is established between the filter element and therear wall 122 of the cover. Air can travel through thefilter element 89 at any location (other than at connection points to the cover) into thegap 126. Once the air is in thegap 126 it can travel through the gap to theaperture 120 and out of thecollection unit 28. This provides a wide area for filtering. When thecover 90 is removed from theframe 88, thefilter 89 is removed with it for easy cleaning. Because the entire rear end of the frame is opened whencover 90 is removed, dumping the dust, dirt and debris from the collection unit is simple and the inside of the frame is easy to clean. When thecollection unit 28 is properly positioned in thehole 78 of thehousing 18, theaperture 120 is aligned with theinlet portion 38 of the shell ordiffuser 36 that surrounds theimpeller 26. Theaperture 120 is offset from the centre of thecover 90 to properly align with theinlet portion 38. To prevent thecover 90 from being attached to theframe 88 in a flipped position, wherein theaperture 120 would not align with theinlet portion 38, theupper corners 128 of theflange 112 and slot 118 have a sharp turn or radius of curvature and thelower corners 130 have a less sharp turn or radius of curvature. If thecover 90 is attempted to be connected to theframe 88 in a flipped orientation, the mismatched shapes of the intended mating corners will prevent connection in this wrong orientation. Thus, the shapes of thecorners filter element 89 is washable. Thus, after a user removes thecover 90 to dump material from inside theunit 28, the user can wash thecover 90 to clean thefilter element 89. - In operation, when a user presses the
foot pedal 54 theswitch 50 is actuated to turn the primary motor ON, but does not turn thebrush motor 22 ON; such as for bare floors or to conserve battery power of the batteries. If thefoot pedal 54 is pressed again, the switch keeps theprimary motor 20 ON and also turns thesecond motor 22 ON. Pressing thefoot pedal 54 again turns both motors OFF. Theimpeller 26 is revolved when theprimary motor 20 is ON. This causes air and dust, dirt or debris to be sucked into thesuction inlet 62 at the bottom of the unit. The air and entrained material travel through the inlet and into thecollection unit 28. The air flow caused by theimpeller 26 through theentrance 94 of the collection unit causes theflap 106 to move back. The large size of the receivedarea 104 of the collection unit causes air velocity in the receiving area to be smaller than at theentrance 94. This allows the entrained dirt, dust and debris to fall into the receivingarea 104. Thegap 126 between thefilter element 89 andrear wall 122 of thecover 90 helps to slow down the air velocity in the receivingarea 104 by distributing the vacuum pull across substantially the entire surface area of the filter. Air that travels through theaperture 120 is pushed by theimpeller 26 out of thehousing 18 at theslots 34 in the top surface. - One of the problems in the past with rechargeable battery powered vacuum cleaners is that suction is limited because the motor that drives the impeller must be kept small in order not to drain the rechargeable batteries too quickly. The
vacuum cleaner 10 overcomes this problem by the unique configuration of thehousing 18 at thesuction inlet 62 and at thebrush 40. More specifically, thebrush 40 and itspocket 46 are separated from theinlet 62 by thewall 64. This helps to keep the area of the inlet at thelower section 70 small. Thus, the vacuum pressure created by the impeller is concentrated at a small area at the bottom of theunit 14. To further assist in getting maximum vacuuming effect across substantially the entire width of theunit 14, the back to front tapering of the wall sections 76 (see Figure 3A) and the downward tapering of the walls 67 (see Figure 4) distribute the vacuum pressure. Thus, thevacuum cleaner 10 is able to provide good suction at the bottom of thesuction inlet 62 with a relatively small motor and impeller and, also provides a motor driven rotating brush that does not significantly effect suction at the suction inlet. Thebrush 40 functions as an agitator. It does not propel dust, dirt or debris directly into theinlet 62. Rather, the brush propels material into the area below theinlet 62. In known old vacuum cleaners, the rotating brush was located at or connected with the suction inlet which greatly increased the size of the area of the suction inlet. This, in turn, distributed the vacuum pull over a large area and reduced its effect. Thesmall inlet 62 with the separate and spacedpocket 46 for thebrush 40 overcomes this problem. - The
floor travelling head 14, in the embodiment shown, contains all of the working components of thevacuum cleaner 10 in a relatively compact footprint of about 21 cm by 27.5 cm (8.5 by 11 inches). This provides a lower centre of gravity and allows thehead 14 to be less cumbersome to use. It also provides a short distance for debris to travel from the suction inlet into thecollection unit 28. This results in less power consumption, longer running time and an overall more efficient system in view of the power being used in relation to vacuuming efficiency. - Referring now to Figure 9, there is shown a partial rear and side perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the present invention. The
vacuum cleaner 200 is similar to thevacuum cleaner 10. However, thevacuum cleaner 200 has two removablerechargeable batteries 202. Thehandle 204 has anarea 206 at its bottom rear with twoholes 208 and abattery terminal 210. Theholes 208 are suitably sized and shaped to slidingly receive thebatteries 202. The batteries can be removably inserted into engagement with the terminal 210 which act as spring clips. The batteries can be removed from thevacuum cleaner 200 for recharging in a separate battery recharger station (not shown). The terminal 210 is connected to theswitch 50 by awire 212. Theswitch 50, similar to thevacuum cleaner 10, is capable of supplying electricity to theprimary motor 20 and the brush motor. In a preferred embodiment, thebatteries 202 are VERSAPAK batteries sold by Black & Decker (US) Inc. VERSAPAK is a trademark of The Black & Decker Corporation of Towson, Maryland. However, any suitable type of removable rechargeable batteries could be used. This embodiment allows new recharged batteries to easily replace weak batteries very quickly such that the user does not need to wait for batteries to be recharged to use the vacuum cleaner once the in-place batteries become weak.
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- A vacuum cleaner (10,200) having a floor travelling head (14) and an elongated handle (12,204) connected to the floor travelling head, the floor travelling head comprising:a housing (18) having the handle (12,204) pivotably (16) connected thereto;a vacuum and collection system located in the housing, the system including a motor (20), an impeller (26), and a collection unit (28); anda rotatable brush (40) mounted within the housing (18);characterised in that all working components of the vacuum cleaner are in the floor travelling head (14) and the handle (12,204) has no working components of the vacuum cleaner thereon.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1 characterised in that the housing has two general clamshell housing members (18a,18b) that are connected to each other to form substantially the entirety of the housing (18).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1 characterised in that it further comprises rechargeable batteries (24,202) located in the housing (18) and connected by a switch (50) to the motor.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 3 characterised in that the switch (50) comprises a three position switch.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 4 characterised in that it further comprises a foot pedal (54) connected to the housing (18) and suitably positioned (52,55,56) to actuate the switch (50).
- A vacuum cleaner (10,200) according to Claim 1 characterised in that it further comprises a second motor (22) connected to the brush (40) to rotate the brush (40), the second motor (22) being electrically connected to the batteries (24,202) by the switch (50).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 3 characterised in that it further comprises an electrical socket (58) connected to the batteries (24,202) by a printed circuit board (60).
- A vacuum cleaner (10,200) having a floor travelling head (14) and an elongated handle (12,204) pivotably (16) connected to the head (14), the head (14) having wheels (30) to travel along a floor, a vacuum and collection system, and a rotatable brush (40),
characterised in that all working components (20,22,26,28,40) of the vacuum cleaner (10,200) are located in the floor travelling head (14) and the handle (12,204) has no working components thereon, and the vacuum and collection system includes rechargeable batteries (24,202) located in the head (14). - A vacuum cleaner (10,200) according to Claim 8 characterised in that it further comprises a three position switch (50) connecting the batteries (24,202) to a first impeller drive motor (20).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 9 characterised in that the head (14) has a foot pedal (54) pivotably connected to a housing (18) of the head (14) and positioned to actuate the switch (50).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 9 characterised in that it further comprises a second motor (22) operably connected to the brush (40) to rotate the brush (40) and electrically connectable to the batteries by the three position switch (50).
- A vacuum cleaner (10,200) having a floor travelling head (14) with wheels (30) and an elongated handle (12,204) connected to the head (14), characterised in that the floor travelling head (14) comprises:a housing (18) having the handle (12,204) pivotably (16) connected thereto;a first motor (20) located inside the housing (18); an impeller (26) connected to the motor (20);a combined collection basket and filter assembly (28) removably mounted to the housing (18);rechargeable batteries (24,202) connected to the housing (18);a switch (50) connecting the batteries (24,202) to the motor (20), the switch (50) being connected to the housing (18); anda rotatable brush (40) connected to the housing (18).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 12 characterised in that it further comprises a second motor (22) located inside the housing (18), the second motor (22) being operably connected to the brush (40) to rotate the brush and electrically connectable to the batteries (24,202) by the switch (50).
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 13 characterised in that the switch (50) is a three position switch.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 12 characterised in that the housing (18) comprises two general clamshell housing members (18a,18b) that are connected to each other to enclose the first motor (20), the batteries (24,202), and the impeller (26) therebetween, the two housing members (18a,18b) forming substantially the entirety of the housing (18).
- A vacuum cleaner (10,200) having a floor travelling head (14) with wheels (30) and an elongated handle (12,204) pivotably (16) connected to the head (14), characterised in that the vacuum cleaner comprises:a vacuum and collection system located in the head (14); anda rechargeable battery (24,202) removably mounted in the handle (12,204) and electrically connectable to a motor (20) of the vacuum and collection system.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 16 characterised in that the handle (204) has two holes (208) in its rear into which two of the batteries (202) are slidingly received.
- A vacuum cleaner according to Claim 17 characterised in that the handle (204) has a spring clip terminal (210) into which the batteries (202) are inserted.
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